Barrel-head



UNITED STATES PATENT Eine,

cEo'ReE W. elLEEEn or EADNoE'-, AssioNoE To EnvisELE, e. Eiserne, JE., AND 1E. MAXWELL, M. n., oE srEEAD EAGLE rENnsYnvnnin.

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Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent o. liLzliiO, dated November 28, 11565,

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that' l, Gr. W. GILBERT, ot' -l'ttadnor, Pennsylvania, have invented an Iniproved Barrel-Head; and l dohereby dee-lare the following to benfull., clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being` had to theaocompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. 1

My invention consists of a barrel-head constructed in the peculiar manner fully described hereinafter, so that it can be readily withdrawn from and read] usted to the barrel Without removing the hoops lroin the latter.

In order to enable others toninlic and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

, On reference to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specication, Fignre lis a sectional view ofthe upper portion of abarrel with my improved detachable head, and Figs. 2 and 3, sectional plan views.

A represents the upper portion ot' a barrel, consisting .of staves conned by hoops veas usual, and having; in the :inside a groove for the reception of' the edge of the'head.

My improved barrel-head consists oi' the three pieces B, B', and D, the former being' sections of aA disk and `.having edges adapted to the groove in the barrel, and the piece D being of the form or approximating to the form represented by dotted lines inlfig. 2.

'Thesections B B are of. suclr'dimensions "that: when 'adjusted' to vtheir places there shall be a space between Ithem, and this space is f voceu'pied by the' piece D, which is secured to thev section B, and which forms a ledge for supporting the straight edgeof the loose section B'. r

'A;b1ock, e, secured to the piece D, serves to maintain the twosections a proper distance apart at one end, and their distance apart at the other end is determined by the set-screw E, the threads of which are adapted to the internal threads ot' a nut,f, which is letinto and secured to the edge of the section B,thepoint ed end m oi the set-screw iitting inte( a notch in' e plate, n, let into the edge of the section B. By the application of a snitableinstrnnent to a square collar, q, on the set-screw the latter can be turned at pleasure.

0n turning the set-screw in one direction- 'the'seetion B'Twill be moved away from section B, nud consequently the two sections will be forced into the grooves of the barrel, and with the piece Di will forni a perfectly-secure head. When it is desired tn reinove the head from the barrel the set-screw is turned in an opposite direction, so that the section B can be moved towardthe Asentieri B, as seen in Fig. 3, when the entire head can be Withdrawn.

My invention, although applicable to all bar rels, is especially well adapted to such as contain our, meal, 8vo., inasmuch as the head can be readily detached without the usual preliminaryoperationof removing the upper hoops of the barrel.

claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A The Withindescribed barrel-head, consisting.

of the pieces 13,13', and D and set-screw E, the whole being constructed and adapted to a bare rel, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth; Y Y, Y'

ln testimony whereof l have signed my neme v to this specification in the presence' ottwo sub scribin g Witnesses.

GEGRGE W. GlLBFlRT. Witnesses:

CEnRLEs E. FosrEE, JOEE 'WHITE 

